Year,Value,Northeast U.S.,Precip,Aug,(in.) 1940,3.154 1941,3.543 1942,3.398 1943,4.064 1944,2.968 1945,3.314 1946,4.156 1947,2.773 1948,3.399 1949,3.813 1950,4.051 1951,3.362 1952,4.06 1953,2.811 1954,5.407 1955,7.586 1956,3.666 1957,1.787 1958,4.06 1959,4.377 1960,2.872 1961,3.552 1962,3.693 1963,4.157 1964,3.378 1965,4.273 1966,2.83 1967,4.202 1968,2.298 1969,3.16 1970,2.931 1971,4.603 1972,2.756 1973,3.902 1974,3.868 1975,4.275 1976,5.002 1977,4.719 1978,4.52 1979,4.918 1980,3.863 1981,3.6 1982,3.433 1983,4.328 1984,3.755 1985,3.588 1986,5.019 1987,4.083 1988,4.841 1989,4.165 1990,4.862 1991,5.267 1992,4.203 1993,2.809 1994,5.727 1995,2.689 1996,2.495 1997,4.353 1998,3.296 1999,3.198 2000,3.464 2001,2.63 2002,2.133 2003,4.577 2004,5.379 2005,4.081 2006,3.939 2007,3.962 2008,3.771 2009,3.905 2010,3.286 2011,7.333 2012,3.116 2013,3.758 2014,3.476 2015,2.472 2016,3.812 2017,2.99 2018,5.253 2019,3.7 2020,3.528 2021,4.649 2022,3.457 2023,5.969 2024,5.436 2025,1.819